Kaputt, Psychonauts Win the 23rd ITFS Awards

Being home to almost 80,000 participants the the 23rd Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) gave its awards. The animated documentary Kaputt (Broken) by Alexander Lahl and Volker Schlecht (Production: Die Kulturingenieure) won the festival's Grand Prix (15,000 EUR, donated by the State of Baden-Württemberg and the City of Stuttgart).

Kaputt is based on interviews with former prisoners, and provides a glimpse into the most notorious women's prison in East Germany.

The award for best feature film (AniMovie Award) went to the Spanish Psychonauts: The Forgotten Children by Pedro Rivero and Alberto Vázquez, Production: Basque Films, ZircoZine Animation, Abrakam Estudio, La Competencia.

Psychonauts: The Forgotten Children

This post-apocalyptic tale was awarded for its wonderfully creative ideas and captivating abundance of styles.

The Russian film Pro Mamu (About a Mother) by Dina Velikovskaya (Production: School Studio "Shar") won the Best Student Award.

Pro Mamu is a story about a other who has given so much that it looks like she has nothing left... but the life opens up the new opportunities.

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